Overview

• Anthony Albanese arrived in New York for four days of UN engagements focused on climate, investment promotion and Australia’s online safety law for children.
• Australia will join other countries in formally recognising Palestinian statehood at UN events, drawing a warning from 25 Republican lawmakers of possible US punitive measures.
• No formal bilateral with President Donald Trump is scheduled, and officials now expect any contact to be a brief pull-aside at a Tuesday reception rather than a sit-down meeting.
• Canberra seeks in-principle US backing for the AUKUS submarine program during a Pentagon review, after committing A$12 billion to a Perth naval precinct for maintenance.
• More than 20 Australian critical minerals companies met US officials ahead of the trip, as Albanese also prepares to outline Australia’s new emissions target to the General Assembly.